Postponed- 2021 Riverside Community Day, Raft races and Duck Races
Postponed- Riverside Community Day, Raft races and Duck Races
I am writing to inform you that we have decided to postpone the Riverside event until Sunday September 19th. The times will remain the same.
This has been a very difficult decision, not helped by the constantly changing (and sometimes contradictory) weather predictions. Our key consideration was that everyone should be safe and then we looked at what would be needed for an enjoyable day. I have consulted with many people and organisations that are involved in putting on the event and we have to err on the side of caution.
Currently, the weather forecasts are showing the possibility of thunder and lightning in the night with the best forecast predicting rain through the day. They also say it will rain most of Saturday. As I say these have been changing almost hourly and for three days predictions were for storms on the Sunday. As well as potentially spoiling the fun this will make the low lying field we are using very wet and boggy.
As you are aware it has been a very difficult period for organising events, but I hope we will be able to go ahead on Sunday 19th September. We did look at the possibility of holding a shortened event, maybe one evening in the week but we thought it would be a shame not to try to have the full “festival” and so we opted for rearranging it.
If you have bought ducks (which are still on sale through our website or at The Larder in Norwich St., Fakenham) these will automatically be entered in to the race when we hold it. If you have a raft please let me know if this causes any problems we may be able to help with. I hope you will still be ok for September 19th.
I hope you will bear with us, and I look forward to seeing you in September. Obviously everyone involved is very sorry for any inconvenience and disappointment this has caused.
Best wishes
Richard
Richard Crook
Active Fakenham
richard@activefakenham.org.uk
07887 803091
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